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sPEcIFrcATroN- forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,473, dated. April18, 1882.

Application filed February 25, 1882. (No model.) Patented in EnglandNovember 1, 1873. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK FORDER, of London and Wolverhampton,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the(Jonstruction of Cabs or Vehicles for Traveling on Roads, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention forms the subject of Letters Patent granted to me inGreat Britain, dated 1st November, 1873,No. 3,563.

The invention is designed for the purpose of producing a vehicle similarin construction to that class of cab known as the Hansom, thepeculiarity of which will fit it specially for running over the roughpavements of cities and towns, or roads adjacent thereto, and alsoafford to the persons occupying such cab greater comfort, accommodation,and safety hansoms of the ordinary construction.

The above purpose is effected by employing raised pillars in conjunctionwith doors of special shape to give increased knee-room, by makingprovision for the proper ventilation of the cab when the windows anddoors are closed, by the combination of a rigid back stay orsemi-yielding back stay and leather robbins for connection to sidesprings, and by the employment of runners under the forward end of thecab.

These improvements are illustrated by the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the cab; Fig.2, an enlarged section taken on line a b of Fig. 1, and showing the cabfront only on one side of the center line. Fig. 3.is a longitudinalsection through the roof-trap, showing its adaptation as a ventilator;Fig. 4, a section taken on line no or of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a backelevation of back stay, showing connections to back ends of sidesprings; Fig. 6, an enlarged side elevation, showing the connectionbetween the back stay and a side'spring; Fig. 7, a back or end elevationof Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 an enlarged elevation of a runner.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through-' out the several views.

c 0 represent a section of one of the doors of the'cab, theobtuse-angled formation of which follows approximately the bent positionof the occupiers legs.

d is a raised pillar (see Fig. 2) projecting.

forward from the front 0 of the body of the cab. There is a pillar, d,on each side, to which the doors are hung by the ordinary style ofhinges. The pillars are made to project forward as much as may benecessary to give the proper knee-room, and thus the body of the cab maybe made smaller and lighter without any loss of convenience, or may bemade more convenient without increase in size or weight. g The contourof the part (2 follows very much though not precisely the line of thedoors, as will be seen by the interiorline thereof, Fig. 1. The frontpart, f, of the side of the cab-body is a curved line, as shown by the"interior contour thereof, Fig. 1.

g g are openings filled in preferably with perforated zinc, and they maybe fitted with louvers or sliding panels for adjustment. h h, &c., areapertures cut through the side of the roof-trap, and 70 7c, &c., areholes drilled through a weather-rim projecting down from the hingedlid.' The holes 70 k, 850., are opposite the blanks of the roof-trapsides, and not opposite the apertures h h, &c., in order to preventwater being splashed through into the cab when the same is being washed.Fresh air is admitted through the openings 1 g, which, circulatingfreely without draft throughthe interior of the cab in the direction asindicated by the arrows, passes off through the apertures h h, &c., andholes 70 7c, &c., and thereby effects perfect ventilation to theinterior when the doors and windows are closed.

I is a semi-yielding back stay, and m m spring-blades acting inconjunction therewith.

n n are the back ends of the side springs, and 0 0 leather robbinsforming theconnection between the side springs and the back stay. Theleather robbins are formed of layers or laminations, each of the wholearea of the side elevation of a robbin riveted together, the two outsidelayers being held to the block formed of the other layers by means ofordinary woodscrews.

p p are bolts passing through the open ends of the side springs and ofthe back stay respectively, and also through the metal ferrules fixed inthe robbins.

r is the block at the connection of the back i stay with the framingunder the boot of the cab. When a semi-yielding stay is used, eitherwith or without spring-blades m-m,it must be sufficiently stiff,combined with the blades m m, or by itself, to prevent its springingenough to give an y appreciable elongation which would twist the robbinsout of their correct position to bear properly on the pins 1) 12. By theemployment of leather robbins in conjunction with a rigid orsemi-yielding back stay the body of the cab when running over roughroads or turning sharp corners is caused to ride upon itsspring-bearings much easier, steadier, and without that facility ofoscillation which is inseparable from cabs of the ordinary construction.A runner, s, is carried on either side below the foot-boart Each runnerhas a bar, 25, through the hole in the center of which a gridiron-stepis bolted. The

lower rounded portion of these steps not only prevents the shafts of thevehicle coming in contact with the ground in the event of the horsestumbling, but enables the vehicle at such times to slide a few pacesover the rough pavement, thereby preventing that sudden arrest andconsequent shock that inevitably takes place on such an occasion whenthe weight rests simply on steps of the ordinary construction.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, in a cab of the hansom type, of a raised pillar, d,on each side of the doorway with obtuse angle-shaped doors 0,substantially as and for the purpose described and shown. 5

2. In a cab of the hansom type, the ventilating arrangements consistingof the openings g g and ventilating roof-trap having the apertures h h,&c., substantially as described and shown. 4o

3. The combination, in a cab of the hansom type, of a rigid or of asemi-yielding back stay, I, and in the latter case with or withoutspring-blades m m, with leather robbins o 0, connecting the open ends ofthe back stay with the open back endsmmof the side springs,substantially as and for the purpose described and shown.

4. In a cab of the hansom type, a runner, s, fixed under the foot-board,on each side thereof, and provided with a cross-bar, t, to hold thestep, substantially as and for the purpose described and shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK BORDER.

Witnesses STEPHEN WATKINS, JOHN THOM.

